Rack attachment for ledgers.



A. DOM.

RACK ATTACHMENY FOR LE DGERS.

APPLICAT\0N HLED MAY 10, 1916.

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ALEXANDER IDOM, 0F CINCINNATI, OHIO,

JPANY, OF CINCINNATI, DHI

RAGE ATTACHMENT FOR LEDG'ERS.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER DoM, a citizen of the United States, andresiding at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Back Attachments forLedgers, of which the following specification is a full disclosure.

My invention relates to a leaf holding device used as an attachment fora temporary binder, as, for instance, in the work of the machine postingof ledger accounts, and the like.

The object of theinvention is to provide a collapsible sheet metalattachment for the binder, adapted to hold the sheets securely and inspaced relation to the binding posts, enabling the sheets to be offsetand protecting the edges from displacement by jostling, the attachmentbeing easily connected with the binder and securely held thereon andbeing foldable' when detached into a compact structure.

The features of the invention are more fully set forth in thedescription of the accompanying drawings forming a part of thisspecification, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of the binder supported upon the cradlewith the posting attachment in position;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the posting attachment. i

Fig. 3 is aside elevation, partly broken away, showing the postingattachment folded.

The binder is conventional the back 1, the covers 2, 2, the bindingplates 3, 3', the binding posts 4:, and the leaves 5. i

For posting work, the binder is opened up as shown in Fig. 1 andsupported upon a cradle 6, the sheets restingpn the upwardly projectingbinder cover 2, the attachment to be supported on the downwardlyinclined binder cover 2 for receiving the posted sheets as they aretaken oil of the binder posts. I My rack attachment is slightly widerthan the binder to enable offsetting of the leaves, and it comprises asheet metal base 7 formed with side flanges '8, 8, and also with U-shaped ribs 9, 9, preferably disposed respectively near and parallelwith the flanges 8, 8'', or as to occupy a position outside of or beyondthe two end binder posts.

" Specification oi Letters Patent.

Application filed Flay 10, 1916.

and comprises Patented June it, 1918, Serial m. 96,505.

To the front edge of theb'ase 7 is hinged a slightly curved binderengaging member 10 by means of the hinge rod 11, the lower edge of saidmember being-formed with the apertures 12 for receiving the binderposts, these apertures being preferably ei'rtended laterally, enablingtainingly engage said member for detach ably holding the tray on thedownwardly inclined cover of the binder, said member 10 being contouredto lit over the binder plate 3.

The back 13, of the holder, with the side flanges 14, 14;, havingpivotal connections 15 to the base flanges 8, 8. This enables the basemember 10 and back to be folded or compacted (as shown in Fig. 3),andwhen unfolded. the lower margin. of the back will strike against therearends of the ribs 9, 9, of the base forming a leaf receptacleappropriately supported on the binder cover 2, as shown in Fig. 1.

is also formed The U-ribs 9, 9, fit the apertures 16 of the I ledgerleaves.

In operation, the leaf 17, taken from the the binder posts to reledgerand posted, is preferably placed in the liolderwith the rib 9 enteredinto the end aperture 16, Y isplaced in the tray with the left hand baserib 9 entered into the left end aperture 16, thus providing theofi'setting, and the edges of the leaves being protected by theflangesof the back and base.

Preferably the distance between the flange 8 and the inside of the'rib 9and between flange 8 and rib l9 is equal to a sheet width, so that theedges of the offset leaves will be snugly fitted against one or backflanges My, 14-", so as to be properly lined up and protected againstdisplacement in the holder and enabling convenient inspection of andmanipulation of the leaves for rebinding into the ledger.

I claim r I 1. A leaf holding attachment for a loose leaf bindercomprising a hingedly connected base and back, a member attached to thebase for fitting over the binder plate and formed to detachably engagethe binder posts for supporting the base and back on an inclined cover.

while the unposted leaf 17 1 the other, of the 2. Aleaf holdingattachment for a loose leaf binder comprising a hinged] y connected baseand back formed with side flanges, thebase being formed with leafpositioning devices, and a binder engaging member hingedly connected tothe base.

A leaf holding attachment for a loose leaf binder comprising a base andback formed with side flanges hingedly connected and with leafpositioning devices, and a member hinged to the front edge of the basefor engaging over the binder plate and being formed With apertures fordetachably engaging the binder posts.

t. A sheet metal leaf holding attachment for a loose leaf bindercomprising a base and back formed with the integral side flangeshingedly connected, the base having U-ribs extending parallel with saidside flanges of the base and adapted to engage into the leaf apertures,and a member hinged to thefront edge of the base contoured to fit overthe binder plate, the lower margin of said memher being formed withapertures to detach ably engage the binder posts for supporting theholder in the subsequent position on the inclined cover of the binder.

5. An attachment for a loose leaf binder comprising a leaf holderadapted tobe supported on the inside of the cover of an opened binderand to detachably engage the binder posts.

6. A rack or binder leaves, adapted to detachably engage the binderposts and to support the rack in leaf holding position on the inside ofthe cover of an open binder.

In Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name, as attested by the twosubscribing witnesses.

ALEXANDER DOM.

Witnesses:

CLARENCE B. Fos'rnn, L. A. BECK.

